He was quite a young man, pale and slender, more like a sicklycounting-house clerk than a bluff sea-captain. Bidding me be seated,he ordered the steward to hand me a glass of Pisco. In the state Iwas, this stimulus almost made me delirious; so that of all I thenwent on to relate concerning my residence on the island I canscarcely remember a word. After this I was asked whether I desired to"ship"; of course I said yes; that is, if he would allow me to enter for one cruise, engaging to discharge me, if I so desired, at thenext port. In this way men are frequently shipped on board whalemen in the South Seas. My stipulation was acceded to, and the ship'sarticles handed me to sign.
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He was quite a young man, pale and slender, more like a sicklycounting-house clerk than a bluff sea-captain. Bidding me be seated,he ordered the steward to hand me a glass of Pisco. In the state Iwas, this stimulus almost made me delirious; so that of all I thenwent on to relate concerning my residence on the island I canscarcely remember a word. After this I was asked whether I desired to"ship"; of course I said yes; that is, if he would allow me to enter for one cruise, engaging to discharge me, if I so desired, at thenext port. In this way men are frequently shipped on board whalemen in the South Seas. My stipulation was acceded to, and the ship'sarticles handed me to sign.
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BN ID: | 2940149777587 |
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Publisher: | Dons Ebooks |
Publication date: | 06/17/2014 |
Series: | Everyman's Library , #297 |
Sold by: | Barnes & Noble |
Format: | eBook |
Pages: | 308 |
File size: | 261 KB |
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